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August 25, 2020 | Infrastructure

Cancelled Chinese contract delays completion of India’s Dedicated Freight Corridors

INDIAN Railways’ (IR) decision on June 18 to cancel the Rs 4.7bn ($US 63.3m) signalling contract with the Beijing National Railway Research and Design Institute has had an adverse impact on the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC), with the completion deadlines for the two lines now extended by six months.

August 25, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Port of Melbourne Port - Dandenong rail connection approved

AUSTRALIA’s federal government and the state government of Victoria have announced plans for a $A 28m ($US 20.1m) direct freight line between the Port of Melbourne and Dandenong South.

August 25, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail launches task forces following Stonehaven derailment

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has launched two independent task forces to aid management of its portfolio of earthworks and responses to severe weather events, following the fatal derailment near Stonehaven in Scotland on August 12.

August 25, 2020 | Policy

VDV launches campaign to boost passenger numbers

GERMANY’s Association of Transport Companies (VDV) has launched the #BesserWeiter (Better Further) campaign to promote a return to pre-coronavirus levels of passenger traffic as quickly as possible to prevent further loss of income to the industry and to safeguard the sector’s environmental goals.

August 25, 2020 | Fleet

First Aventra EMU for South Western Railway unveiled

THE managing director of Britain’s South Western Railway (SWR), Mr Mark Hopwood, unveiled the first Bombardier Aventra EMU at a ceremony in Wimbledon on August 24.

August 25, 2020 | Technology

Arc Infrastructure develops washaway prediction tool

WESTERN Australian freight operator Arc Infrastructure, in partnership with Perth-based IT consultancy Interfuze, has developed a software tool that will allow it to predict track washaways caused by flooding.

August 25, 2020 | Fleet

Local assembly completed of additional KL metro trains

THE Bombardier Hartasuma Consortium has completed local assembly of the 27 additional driverless trains on order for the Kelana Jaya automated light metro line in Kuala Lumpur.

August 24, 2020 | High-speed

Eurostar confirms October start for direct Amsterdam - London service

EUROSTAR says it will launch the first direct Amsterdam - Rotterdam - London service on October 26 to match the London - Amsterdam direct train introduced in February 2018.

August 24, 2020 | Main line

Prorail increases Dutch path allocation in 2021

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail has released the capacity allocation for services on the national network for the 2021 timetable, with 30 operators applying for an increased number of train paths compared with the existing timetable.

August 24, 2020 | Metros

First permanent magnet powered train enters service on Xiamen Metro

THE first of a fleet of 10 trains powered by permanent magnet synchronous traction motors has entered service on Line 2 of Xiamen Metro.

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